Yemeni refugees seek shelter in Djibouti

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http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/11/yemeni-refugees-seek-shelter-djibouti-151113094929289.html

As fighting intensifies in Yemen, over 120,000 people have fled since April. Around 30,000 of those have sought safety across the Gulf of Aden in Djibouti.

Since late September, the population of Markazi camp near the Djiboutian coastal town of Obock has quadrupled to more than 2,600 Yemeni refugees, including civilians who were wounded in the war and require medical treatment.

Many refugees are women and children, who have arrived traumatised and in need of psychological support. As the camp expands, so too does the need to develop community centres and other facilities to help refugees heal and rebuild their lives - but humanitarian agencies say there is a dire lack of funding.

Djibouti has a population of 873,000. 30,000 refugees is about 3.5% of their population. Germany is taking in 1% of their population, as a comparison.

[AuntPatsy]

1. How do so many horrors remain hidden and why.....

[hollysmom]

2. they are not hidden americans are just not interested in non-european countries so the

media does not cover the stories. that is why I watch AlJazeera.

[AuntPatsy]

3. Sure most are interested though due to a short attention span and so many other

things many have to worry about it is not easy.....the media has lost its original objective and we have followed along in some cases dragged....plenty of blame to go around...